Show, Don’t Tell and Try Me if You Dare! The Body’s Authoritative Force in Traditional Chinese Martial Arts Organizations

Chendan Cui-Laughton, Boris H. J, François Cooren, School of Journalism and Communication, Zhengzhou University, Department of Communication, Université de Montréal

Management Communication Quarterly

Published online on November 14, 2025

Abstract

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What role do body practices play in the communicative accomplishment of authority in traditional Chinese martial arts organizations (TCMAOs)? This article develops the concept of differential authority, building on Fei Xiaotong’s theory ofchaxugeju(...